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Joe Biden Hints at 2016 Presidential Run

President Obama’s inaugural address took place just hours ago, but V.P. Joe Biden is already hinting that he wants to replace his boss. In 2016, that is. At a gathering of influential Iowans Saturday, the gaffe-prone Veep said, “I’m proud to be the president of the United States.” Joe Biden: Proud to Be President! Biden, who unsuccessfully sought the presidency in 1988 and 2008, will be 73 in 2016, making him the oldest person ever elected president. There’s also the matter of Hillary Clinton, Obama’s outgoing Secretary of State and the odds-on favorite for the Democratic nomination … if she runs. Clinton would be 69 and the second-oldest president elected (after Ronald Reagan), incidentally. Whether either actually runs is anyone’s guess. Still, here are other recent hints that Biden is thinking about it: 1. New Hampshire is influential. Among the 120 guests Biden invited to his swearing-in for a second term? New Hampshire Gov. Maggie Hassan. 2. So is Iowa. It was at the Iowa State Society inauguration ball where he mistakenly said, “I’m proud to be president of the United States.” 3. On Election Day in November, Biden dismissed the notion that would be the last time he’d vote for himself. “No, I don’t think so,” he said. 4. Campaigning in October, Biden joked to a voter that, “after its all over, when your insurance rates go down, then you’ll vote for me in 2016.” 5. “There’s plenty of time to think about 2016,” he said last summer. “If three years from now the economy is not working, it’s not going to be worth doing much.” Or if could’ve just been a mistake when he made the above quote. When introducing V.P. candidate Paul Ryan last summer, Mitt Romney referred to him as “the next President of the United States” … which he still could be. What do you think? Would/should Joe Biden run in 2016?

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Bill Clinton Introduces Lincoln, Receives Standing Ovation at Golden Globe Awards

The 2013 Golden Globes did not lack for star power – or surprises. From Jodie Foster’s speech to Will Farrell and Kristen Wiig’s hilariousness and Glenn Close’s (non) drunkenness, memorable moments came early and often. And did we mention a former President of the U.S. showed up? Bill Clinton at Golden Globes Receiving a standing ovation upon arriving, none other than Bill Clinton gave an inspirational introduction to the Steven Spielberg instant classic Lincoln . Golden Globes co-host Amy Poehler gushed after the segment, in homage to her Parks & Recreation character, “That was Hillary Clinton’s husband!” What was your favorite Golden Globes moment from Sunday?

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High Five! The Best GIFs Of The 2013 Golden Globes

The 2013 Golden Globes have given us so many magical gifts, like that five minutes of Kristen Wiig – Will Ferrell wackiness and the surprise appearance by Lincoln -stumping former President Bill Clinton and that coming out/not coming out maybe-drunk, still amazing speech by Jodie Foster . So let’s celebrate the added wonderment of watching the Globes in the internet age: Reliving the best, most random moments of sloshed-celebrity shenanigans as immortalized in animated GIF form! First, let Best Song winner Adele and her impromptu Skyfall high-five with James Bond himself, Daniel Craig , delight you all over again. 1. Let the Skyfall… up top! 2. Can’t forget Tommy Lee Jones’ ebullient reaction to Wiig & Ferrell’s Hope Springs laffers! What would Thaddeus Stevens do? (Probably the same thing.) ( @CJZERO via @RockieWarAntz / @MissBrittHayes ) 3. Amy Poehler on Clooney’s lap. Doin’ it right. (via @ditzkoff ) 4. Drunk Glenn Close. YES. (via @BuzzFeed ) 5. Quentin Tarantino with the best spit-take of the night! Have more favorite Globes moments? Leave ’em in the comments! Get the full list of Golden Globes 2013 winners and follow along with Movieline’s Golden Globes Live-Blog Follow Jen Yamato on Twitter . Follow Movieline on Twitter .

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‘5 Broken Cameras’ Named Best Feature At 6th Cinema Eye Honors

5 Broken Cameras won Outstanding Feature at the 6th annual Cinema Eye Honors for Nonfiction Filmmaking Wednesday night during a ceremony at the Museum of the Moving Image in Astoria, Queens. Oscar-winning filmmaker Michael Moore accepted the prize for co-directors Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi whose film centers on Israeli settlements encroaching on Burnat’s Palestinian village. Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady’s Detropia , meanwhile won two prizes – the only one to do so of the evening – including Outstanding Direction and Outstanding Original Score for “Dial.81.” “I personally feel it’s one of the most beautiful pieces of artistic cinema,” Michael Moore commented about 5 Broken Cameras . “You don’t see this on the evening news. You don’t see Palestinians portrayed this way.” Lee Hirsch’s Bully received the Cinema Eye Audience Choice Prize chosen from 4,500 votes cast online and via Twitter.   This year’s Legacy Award was presented to the 1993 verite classic The War Room , which took viewers behind the scenes of the 1992 Bill Clinton campaign.  The Legacy Award is “intended to honor classic films that inspire a new generation of filmmakers and embody the Cinema Eye mission: excellence in creative and artistic achievements in nonfiction films,” according to organizers. The following is a complete list of Cinema Eye Honors winners for 2012: Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Feature Filmmaking 5 Broken Cameras Directed by Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi Produced by Christine Camdessus, Serge Gordey, Emad Burnat and Guy Davidi Presented by Chris Hegedus & D A Pennebaker Outstanding Achievement in Direction Heidi Ewing and Rachel Grady Detropia Presented by Marshall Curry Audience Choice Prize Bully Directed by Lee Hirsch Presented by Andrea Meditch Outstanding Achievement in Production Dimitri Doganis The Imposter Presented by Daniel Chalfen and Judith Helfand Outstanding Achievement in Editing T. Woody Richman and Tyler H. Walk How to Survive a Plague Presented by Daniel Chalfen and Judith Helfand Outstanding Achievement in Cinematography Jeff Orlowski Chasing Ice Presented by Jennie Livingston and Darius Marder Spotlight Award Argentinian Lesson Directed by Wojciech Staron Presented by Jennie Livingston and Darius Marder Heterodox Award Museum Hours Directed by Jem Cohen Presented by Marie Therese Guirgis and Eugene Hernandez Outstanding Achievement in Nonfiction Short Filmmaking Goodbye Mandima (Kwa Heri Mandima) Directed by Robert-Jan Lacombe Presented by Laura Gabbert and Sam Green Outstanding Achievement in an Original Music Score Dial.81 Detropia Presented by Laura Gabbert and Sam Green Outstanding Achievement in Graphic Design and Animation Oskar Gullstrand and Arvid Steen Searching for Sugar Man Presented by Jonathan Caouette and Susan Froemke Outstanding Achievement in a Debut Feature Film Jason Tippet and Elizabeth Mims Only the Young Presented by Jonathan Caouette and Susan Froemke Legacy Award The War Room Directed by Chris Hegedus and D A Pennebaker Produced by R.J. Cutler, Wendy Ettinger and Frazer Pennebaker Presented by Michael Moore

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Did You Know?? Philly Hospital Opens Up Emergency Tent Camp For Overwhelming Flu Outbreaks!

It’s for the safety of the hospital staff… Via NBC News : It’s the most miserable time of the year for many people in the area. Flu season is in full effect and this one in particular is shaping up to be more extreme than usual. The State Department of Health reports that four Pennsylvanians have already died of complications from the influenza virus. In response to the early start of flu season, the Lehigh Valley Hospital-Cedar Crest had to open an emergency space to care for the increased number of people with flu-like symptoms…after four people died of complications from the virus. The tent is 1,100 square feet and is equipped to treat six patients at a time with three medical staff. Access to a doctor is available inside the emergency room. The tent is only for those with mild flu symptoms while those who have severe cases, need intravenous drips, or have underlying health conditions are taken into the hospital. The flu triage tent began operating at 11am on Tuesday and closes at 11pm each night. The hospital tells NBC10′s Katy Zachry why the tent was erected. “If we can remove them from the main ED and put them in an environment where everyone is masked and everyone can be protected, it’s safer for them and certainly safer for the staff,” said Terry Burger, hospital director of infection control. Officials believe this year will be a particularly bad outbreak of the flu virus – known as H3N2 – and treating patients in isolation is the best way of keeping cases at bay. The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention said that 200,000 people across the country have been hospitalized with this year’s strain so far. Dozens of states including Pennsylvania and New Jersey have reported high outbreaks. Across the U.S., 19 children have so far died from the flu. The elderly, the very young and those with previous health conditions are most at risk. The CDC recommends that individuals get a flu shot which prevents against getting the virus in 90 per cent of cases. Do you get a flu shot every year? Images via twitter

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Chris Guerra Identified as Late Justin Bieber Paparazzo

New information has come in regarding the death of a paparazzi member who was trailing Justin Bieber’s car in Los Angeles last night. TMZ has identified the celebrity gossip reporter as Chris Guerra . Guerra was reportedly trailing Bieber throughout New Year’s Day, phoning someone associated with his photo agency around 5:30 p.m. and telling him Bieber’s car had just pulled into the Beverly Hills Four Seasons. Guerra then told his colleague that Bieber’s Ferrari was pulling away and he had to follow it. As we now know, Bieber was not actually in the vehicle when Guerra later spotted in getting pulled over by highway patrol. He was asked to move back by a police officer and was struck dead by an oncoming vehicle. Guerra was in his late 20s; had been working in a Las Vegas casino until moving to Los Angeles last spring; and was unmarried without any children. For the past few months, he had been assigned exclusively to the Justin Bieber beat.

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Chelsea Clinton Tweets From Mother’s Bedside; Doctors Insist Hillary Did Not Suffer Stroke

U.S. Secretary of State Hillary Clinton remained hospitalized Wednesday for treatment of a blood clot in her head, as daughter Chelsea tweeted from her bedside. After being photographed looking visibly distraught outside the hospital, Chelsea wrote that she was grateful to be starting the new year with her family. “Wishing all a healthy & happy 2013,” Chelsea, 32, wrote. “Grateful to be starting the new year with my family.” Former President Bill Clinton has been spotted driving to and from his wife’s side at New York-Presbyterian Hospital for much of the past 48 hours. Hillary is being treated with blood thinners to help dissolve the clot, which is located in a vein behind her right ear that helps carry blood away from the brain. In a statement yesterday, doctors assured it was not a life-threatening condition and assured that Clinton had suffered no brain damage or stroke. “In all aspects of her recovery, the Secretary is making excellent progress and we are confident she will make a full recovery,” Drs. Lisa Bardack and Gigi El-Bayoumi said. A clot occurs when a blockage builds up, either from partial thrombus (coagulated blood) or an outside compression. When the vein becomes blocked, the coagulated blood may extend to veins draining the area, which could lead to a lack of oxygen and tissue death. For Clinton, ‘the particular vein they’re talking about, there are enough other areas for the blood to travel through so it doesn’t build up in the brain,’ Dr Sanjay Gupta said on CNN. The condition can be treated with blood thinners administered over several months until the clot breaks down. Doctors are keeping her under their watchful eye as they adjust the dose of her anti-clotting medication. Chelsea, who was spotted leaving the hospital Monday by the New York Daily News, was the first member of the Clinton family to be seen publicly at the hospital. Chelsea, 32, a special correspondent for NBC News, looked upset as she left the hospital – cell phone in hand. She ignored questions from a reporter and went back inside. Aides and doctors say Clinton contracted a stomach virus in early December and became dehydrated, then fainted, fell and hit her head on December 9. She was diagnosed with a concussion on December 13 and hasn’t been seen in public since.

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The Real Housewives of Atlanta Recap – Strip No More

The Real Housewives of Atlanta “Press Down and Strip Bare” but I think we were all begging that some of these ladies would put their clothes back on. We break down all of the husband chasing and divorce rumors in THG’s +/- recap! NeNe meets up with Kenya after their trip. She wants to figure out if Kenya’s for real. Minus 10 . Duh. She’s really nuts is what she is. You’d think NeNe would have figured that out. Has anyone else had enough of the Kenya and Walter show? Minus 15 . What part of, this guy’s just not that into you , is Kenya not getting? I almost felt sorry for the guy. Kenya calls him aggressive when he was finally being honest with her.  She claims he yelled at her when all he did was tell her something she didn’t want to hear.  Have you noticed that Walter’s in his work uniform with the logo clearly visible about 50% of the time he’s on camera? Minus 14. Maybe I’m paranoid but could he be hanging on to Kenya for the free publicity? When Kenya says she wants to be married in six months Walter practically laughed in her face.  She claims she’s wife material, not just a girlfriend. Walter shoots back by asking if she’s really wife material, why is she still single at 40 something? Ouch!  Minus 20 . How much more of a shove does Kenya need before she realizes that this just isn’t happening. If Kenya is serious about having a baby, she may need to talk to NeNe about that turkey baster. Across town, Peter gets a text about Phaedra and Apollo’s supposed divorce.  Um…why is Peter getting gossip updates on his phone?   So Peter and Cynthia come up with a grand scheme. She’s heard that Apollo frequents strip clubs like some people visit Starbucks.  So let’s head to a strip club with Apollo and Phaedra and get all the dirt.  Plus 22 . There must be a hundred strip clubs in Atlanta, yet somehow they manage to find the skeeviest hole in the wall place possible. The strippers are jiggling rolls of cellulite. I can’t imagine that there’s enough alcohol to make that look good. While Phaedra’s yelling take it off, Peter’s begging keep it on.  LOL. Plus 9. I was actually relieved that they were drinking out of paper cups at the bar. Plus 11. I don’t think I’d want to drink out of a glass anyone else had touched in that establishment. Honestly, more dirt comes out days later when Apollo confides to Peter that, “I’m dealing with a God damn beast, man.”  and claims it takes a lunatic to deal with Phaedra. Apollo’s only 32 and he’s spent six years in prison. He sounds bitter that Phaedra’s keeping him from having his fun. Minus 10. When Apollo and Phaedra invite Kenya over to talk about their workout video it’s obvious the two are on different wave lengths.  He says Phaedra’s entire concept won’t work.  Minus 13 . Perhaps they could have had this discussion before Kenya got there. On the opposite end of the spectrum is Porsha who might just be the dumbest housewife of the bunch but she’s also the happiest.  She can’t even remember how many bedrooms her house has. It might be eight.  No wonder she’s shooting for twins. That’s a lot of rooms to fill. Plus 20 to Kandi for shooting down Porsha’s yam theory.  Watching Porsha try to wrap her mind around the concept of heredity and genetics was amusing. And finally there’s NeNe who is doing the money shot for Ebony magazine, literally.  She’s covered in cash and diamonds and posing for the cover of their Power 100 issue. Plus 25. From stripper to Power 100 cover girl. No matter what you think of Ms. NeNe, you can’t say she hasn’t come far. EPISODE TOTAL: +5! SEASON TOTAL: -172!  

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Hillary Clinton Hospitalized With Blood Clot

It’s been a tough few weeks for Hillary Clinton. The Secretary of State was hospitalized after doctors found a blood clot during an exam related to the concussion she suffered during a fall earlier this month. “Her doctors will continue to assess her condition, including other issues associated with her concussion,” Philippe Reines, deputy assistant secretary of state, said Sunday. “They will determine if any further action is required.” She’s being treated with anti-coagulants and is expected to be stay at New York Presbyterian Hospital for 48 hours so she can be monitored, CNN reports. The 65-year-old, who has visited more than 110 countries in the past four years, suffered a concussion when she passed out and fell in her D.C. home. Reports at the time said dehydration suffered after a trip the former first lady took to Europe was the cause of her fainting spell and thus the fall that concussed her. Clinton was recently named one of Barbara Walters’s 10 most-fascinating people of 2012 and plans to step down from her secretary post early next year. President Barack Obama has named John Kerry her replacement.

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Jenny McCarthy Abs, Body: So in Shape!

She may be 40 years old, but Jenny McCarthy Playboy photos released earlier this year make it clear as a cloudless day: This model can still bring it! And McCarthy is out to prove that again on the cover of the latest Shape , rising her tanktop just enough to reveal a startling set of abs. Damn! Girl, you go… How does the blonde bombshell remain so fit? She cites her “soup diet” in the article, telling the magazine: “I make a ton of nutritious ones, like butternut squash and vegetable. When I want to drop 5 pounds quickly, I eat them for every meal for about 10 days.” (NOTE: For those seeking actual sustenance that is healthy, we recommend a Roasted Chicken Recipe and an Easy Salmon Recipe .) McCarthy also works out three times per weeks and has cut down on cigarettes and coffee. But she does have her vices. “Chinese food and pizza! There’s this place in Chicago called Giordano’s which has the best deep-dish pizza in the world. It’s my therapist, my best friend, and my boyfriend on Friday nights,” McCarthy says.

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